Productivity Growth in Ecowas Agricultural Sector: A Nonparametric Analysis

Joshua Ajetomobi and K A Odeniyi

The IUP Journal of Applied Economics, 2011, vol. X, issue 3, 64-75

Abstract: A panel data of 13 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member nations were used to analyze the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth in the agricultural sector of the subregion from 1971 to 2007. The study computed Malmquist productivity indexes and its decomposition using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The results showed an average annual TFP decline in the region in the reference period. The TFP change was more attributable to efficiency change than technological change.

Date: 2011
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